THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
Liber VII, and Liber CCXX.
It must be clearly under-
stood that the Bhagavad-Gita, Anna Kingsford, St, John,
and all other writers with the possible exception of Lao
Tze, describe nothing higher than Atmadarshanai
For the
first time in the known history of the world there had arisen
the combination of the utmost attainmentwith the intelligence
and literary ability to make it comparatively articulate.
It
is no wonder, then, that we hail Fra. P. as the greatest of
all Teachers,
This entire experience from the Passing of the Abyss to
the Shivadarshana has been so wonderfully described in
“Aha! " by Mr. Aleister Crowley, who was privileged to get
his material first—hand from Fra, Ρ. himself, that we make no
apology for quoting the passage in full.
MARSYAS. Ay!
Hear the Ordeal of the Veil,
The Second Veil
!
.
.
. O spare me this
Magical memory! I pale
To show the Veil of the Abyss.
Nay, let confession be complete!
OLYMPAS. Master, I bend me at thy feet—
Why do they sweat with blood and dew?
MARSYAS. Blind horror catches at my breath
The path of the abyss runs through
Things darker, dismaller than death!
Courage and will!
What boots their force?
The mind rears like a frightened horse.
There is no memory possible
Of that unfathomable hell,
Even the shadows that arise
Are things too dreadful to recount
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